The Underworld Awaits Us All

The Underworld Awaits Us All
Studio album by Nile
Released	August 23, 2024 (2024-08-23)
Studio	Serpent Headed Studios/OTB, Greenville, South Carolina, US
Genre	Technical death metal, brutal death metal
Length	53:39
Label	Napalm
Producer	Karl Sanders
Nile chronology
Vile Nilotic Rites (2019) The Underworld Awaits Us All (2024)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Blabbermouth.net	9/10 [1]
Metal Injection	7.5/10 [2]
Sputnikmusic	3.8/5 [3]

The Underworld Awaits Us All is the tenth studio album by American technical death metal band Nile, released through Napalm Records on August 23, 2024. The album features founding member Karl Sanders on guitars and vocals, longtime member George Kollias on drums, and Brian Kingsland on guitars and vocals. It is the only album to feature Dan Vadim Von on bass and vocals, and the first to feature Zach Jeter contributing vocals, as well as guest guitar solos in the songs "Stelae of Vultures" and "Naqada II Enter the Golden Age" ^[4]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Karl Sanders, except where noted.

The Underworld Awaits Us All track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Stelae of Vultures"		Karl Sanders, George Kollias	6:20
2.	"Chapter for Not Being Hung Upside Down on a Stake in the Underworld and Made to Eat Feces by the Four Apes"		Sanders, Kollias	3:50
3.	"To Strike with Secret Fang"	Sanders, Kingsland	Sanders, Kollias, Brian Kingsland	1:59
4.	"Naqada II Enter the Golden Age"		Sanders, Kollias	5:28
5.	"The Pentagrammathion of Nephren-Ka" (Instrumental)		Sanders	1:18
6.	"Overlords of the Black Earth"		Sanders, Kollias	4:45
7.	"Under the Curse of the One God"		Sanders, Kollias	4:46
8.	"Doctrine of Last Things"		Sanders, Kollias	4:40
9.	"True Gods of the Desert"	Sanders, Kingsland	Kollias, Kingsland	7:08
10.	"The Underworld Awaits Us All"		Sanders, Kollias	8:36
11.	"Lament For the Destruction of Time" (Instrumental)		Kollias, Kingsland	4:51
Total length:				53:39

Personnel

Nile

• Karl Sanders – guitars, vocals, keyboards
• George Kollias – drums
• Brian Kingsland – guitars, vocals
• Zach Jeter – guitars, vocals
• Dan Vadim Von – bass, vocals

Additional musicians

• Jason Hohenstein – guest vocals on "Chapter for Not Being Hung Upside Down On a Stake in the Underworld and Made to Eat Feces by the Four Apes" ^[4]

Production and Design

• Karl Sanders – production, recording, liner notes
• Mark Lewis – mixing and mastering
• George Dovolos – engineering (drums)
• Michael "Xaay" Loranc – cover art, layout
• Michelle Mercado – studio admin ^[5]

Charts

Chart performance for The Underworld Awaits Us All

Chart (2024)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [6]	11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [7]	187
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8]	20
Scottish Albums (OCC) [9]	28
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [10]	39
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [11]	41
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [12]	11
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [13]	5

References

1. Lawson, Dom (August 21, 2024). "Nile The Underworld Awaits Us All". Blabbermouth . Retrieved September 16, 2024.
2. Heilman, Max (August 21, 2024). "Album Review: Nile The Underworld Awaits Us All". Metal Injection . Retrieved September 16, 2024.
3. "Review: Nile – The Underworld Awaits Us All". Sputnikmusic . August 30, 2024. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
4. "Extreme metal Egyptologists NILE deliver a career-defining masterclass of brutality" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 4, 2024.
5. "Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". www.metal-archives.com. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
6. "Austriancharts.at – Nile – The Underworld Awaits Us All" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
7. "Ultratop.be – Nile – The Underworld Awaits Us All" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Nile – The Underworld Awaits Us All" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
9. "Official Scottish Albums Chart on 30/8/2024 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
10. "Swisscharts.com – Nile – The Underworld Awaits Us All". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
11. "Official Album Downloads Chart on 30/8/2024 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
12. "Official Independent Albums Chart on 30/8/2024 – Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
13. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart on 30/8/2024 – Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 September 2024.